This just in from the watch what you eat and drink department, or should we say the big brother is watching department?
The New York Times reports today that the city’s Mayor Bloomberg is proposing a ban on, “The sale of any cup or bottle of sweetened drink larger than 16 fluid ounces — about the size of a medium coffee, and smaller than a common soda bottle…” in an effort to curtail growing obesity figures.
According to the article, more than half of the adults in the city are obese or overweight, and that, “.. the city had seen higher obesity rates in neighborhoods where soda consumption was more common.” The regulation would apply only to restaurants, sports arenas, theatres and street carts, but not grocery or convenience stores, and would take effect next year.
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